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An analysis: New generation cotton fibre

Cotton, essential to India’s economy, and daily life, includes naturally coloured and hybrid varieties. Coloured cotton is eco-friendly and disease-resistant, reducing dyeing needs. Hybrid cotton...

Latest methods of Cotton Bleaching

Textile bleaching has evolved from early chlorine-based methods to advanced chemical, enzymatic & eco-friendly processes. Modern bleaching aims to improve whiteness, absorbency & fabric integrity...

Indian embroidery stitches up into a more organised sector

Indian embroidery, including Chikankari, Phulkari, Zardozi, and Rabari, reflects regional culture and adorns ethnic wear, home textiles, and fashion globally. With computerized machines in hubs like...

Agro textiles: A novel application

Agrotextiles are specialized fabrics used in agriculture to protect crops, control weeds, and improve growth. They offer hail, wind, sun, insect, rain, and temperature protection, maintain soil...

The Cool 'n' Trendy T-shirts becoming hot in India

T-shirts have become a major fashion trend in India, worn by all age groups and influenced by Western styles, branding, and celebrities. With innovations in fabrics, colors, slogans, and custom...

Tender touch of Apparels

Textile quality affects clothing comfort, judged by feel, appearance & sensory experience. Comfort includes psychological tactile & thermal aspects. Fabric hand, air permeability water vapor...

Overview of Tirupur Knitwear Industry

Tirupur, the heartland of the knitwear industry in India has a supplier base which consists essentially of manufacturer who are mostly integrated forward or backward if not vertical. There are number ...

T-shirt: The yard stick to measure the fashion trends

T-shirts are the cornerstone of fashion, evolving from the 1950s to today. They serve as casual wear, style statements and marketing tools. Advances in fabrics, printing, designs and women-specific...

Future Impact of Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology deals with manipulating matter at dimensions of 100 nanometers or less. It combines multiple scientific disciplines and fields using top-down and bottom-up approaches to create...

Indian Jute Industry

The movement of industrialisation was initiated way back in 19th century by coal mining, engineering and the two textiles industries including cotton and jute. For some decades before seventies, the...

Is your business ready for Textiles 4.0? Before you can say, 'Yes', 'No', 'May be' or 'I don't...
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Aseem Prakash
It was not very long ago that people who shopped online in India were considered 'ahead of time'....
Posted by
Arun Sirdeshmukh
Luxury is a lifestyle, and fashion is just a minuscule part of it. Businesswise-the most visible or ...
Posted by
Abhay Gupta
A few years later, the same process is now taking place in textile printing, and this has never...
Posted by
Gabi Seligsohn
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Posted by
Bill D’Arienzo
Effective quality management starts with a quality policy. Effectiveness is the extent to which...
Posted by
Pradip Mehta
Imagine a cricketer, once an exciting player but now aged 45, having put on oodles of weight, too...
Posted by
Rahul Mehta
Indians are too enamoured of Hollywood. We can’t help it. We have been conditioned this way. The...
Posted by
Anurag Batra
The focus in research and development (R&D) is now more and more set on new sustainable products...
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Fanny Vermandel
Why do I ask if India can afford to miss the bus again? Because whether we like it or not, whether...
Posted by
Rahul Mehta